If you want to know, we returned the Dendeng Batokok (thin crispy beef like jerky – too tough and dry).

2 dishes left a deep impression (you decide in a good or bad way). The dark brown Beef Rendang (stewed beef in spices and coconut milk) though not fork tender, had a unique yet flavourful tasting rendang sauce – you know it is stewed for hours. I almost swept the plate clean.

After all, this Minangkabau dish was voted by CNN International readers as chose Beef Rendang as the number one dish of the ‘World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods‘.

Culture shock 2. The other is Gulai Otak (curried cow brains). What?!

Yes, the brains of the cow that would easily appear in an episode of Fear Factor. Be game enough to try it. I mean, it does taste like, emmm… mushy tofu?

If you are up to it, you can always have cow spleen, cow liver, cow marrow, cow skin and cow lung – all available. No moostake about it.

The entire meal cost us 496,650 Indonesian Rupiah for a meal and drinks for 6 which is equivalent to $54.

It can be considered slightly pricey when compared to other Padang restaurants, but it is one of the more popular ones around.

Don’t come to Jakarta without trying Padang food – perfect for big groups wanting to sample a wide range of spicy delicious dishes in one seating.

Comments

bet you didn’t know that if you take the sauce but not the ingredients, it’s not counted~ 😀 so some poorer ppl will come in and order just rice and take the sauce~ only need to pay for the rice~

plus in jakarta, some interesting stuff about food is there is a “welfare” or “charity” store where you can pay any amount that you want~ surprisingly, they are actually doing quite well and aren’t taken advantage of~

I hope your local host informed you that you’re not supposed to use your own spoon to scoop up the sauce or meats/vegetables from the small plates. This is considered barbaric in Indonesia, and obviously food that’s been contaminated by a person’s spoon cannot be returned to the pot. I took some Singaporean friends to a Padang restaurant, and they immediately used their own spoons. We had to finish up ridiculous amounts of food because of that cultural gaffe.

To answer your question, if you take one piece, you will only be charged for one piece (this is why not using your own spoon is very important).